Sydney Sweeney Praises ‘Cool’ Euphoria Season 3 ‘Cassie-Zilla’ Scene

As critics remain split down the middle about Sydney Sweeney’s Euphoria character’s season three journey, the actor who plays her has heaped praise on one scene showcased in the drama’s latest episode.

In Monday’s instalment, viewers saw Cassie continuing on her ascent to fame, culminating in a scene in which Sydney was seen destroying a miniature city in the style of Godzilla or Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman.

“The Cassie-zilla sequence was probably the coolest thing I’ve ever done,” the Emmy winner enthused in a behind-the-scenes video.

As Euphoria creator Sam Levinson opened up about how it took around a year to accurately recreate Los Angeles in miniature form, Sydney added: “The details were unbelievable. There were trees and cars and the buildings were my size.”

She added: “I think, for Cassie, she knows what she’s chasing and what she’s going to sacrifice to give herself over to Hollywood.”

After a time-jump since season two, Euphoria fans were reintroduced to Cassie earlier this year at a very different stage of her life, having turned to OnlyFans modelling to pay for her wedding to Jacob Elordi’s Nate.

Over the course of the season so far, Cassie’s OnlyFans shoots have become increasingly more extreme, which has been met with alarm from some critics, who have branded them “degrading”, “horrible” and comparable to a “humiliation ritual” for the former White Lotus star.

Sydney herself has long defended Euphoria’s on-screen nudity and sex scenes, calling out the “double standard” around the way male and female actors who have appeared naked on screen are treated.

“I don’t think as many people took me seriously in Euphoria because I took my shirt off,” she told Cosmopolitan in 2022. “There’s such a double standard. I really hope I can have a little part in changing that.”

During another interview with The Independent, she noted: “When a guy has a sex scene or shows his body, he still wins awards and gets praise. But the moment a girl does it, it’s completely different.”

“I’ve never felt like Sam has pushed it on me or was trying to get a nude scene into an HBO show,” she also insisted. “When I didn’t want to do it, he didn’t make me.”

Euphoria continues on Mondays on Sky, Now and HBO Max in the UK.